Charles Я. Davis

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Deputy News Editor @ Salon. Living in Philadelphia, USA.

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Charles Я. Davis

President Biden is not being treated for Parkinson's disease, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters.

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Charles Я. Davis

lmao this is from the rep whose flack went viral this week for a thread about how the whole story about biden’s aging is a media concoction x.com/jakesherman/...

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The more Biden emphasizes the fact that he cruised to easy victories in Democratic nominating contests, the more I'm reminded of the Carter/Kennedy race in 1980 — and what happens when voters are given access to new information they didn't have when casting ballots. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Biden pushes defiant message in letter to Dems, MSNBC appearancewww.msnbc.com The president appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and wrote a letter to congressional Democrats, adopting a defiant posture. Whether it'll work is unclear.

"We’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections," Patel said. apnews.com/article/kash...

Fight with Kash: Trump loyalist mythologizes former president while building his own brandapnews.com Kash Patel is a trusted aide to Donald Trump and a swaggering campaign surrogate who mythologizes the former president while promoting conspiracy theories and his own brand.

Watching the source material instead of reading the NYT and not finding it any better, to be honest. www.cnn.com/2024/07/05/p...

Biden: Debate performance ‘nobody’s fault but mine’ | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com CNN’s Pamela Brown, David Chalian, and Jeff Zeleny discuss the newly released clip from President Joe Biden’s interview with ABC News’ George Stephanapoulos.

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Chad Loder

No. You can go protest Israeli land theft in front of the Israeli consulate on Wilshire Boulevard. Might have better optics than a synagogue / arguing for weeks about an information session that had to be turned into an “auction” to make the action seem less self-defeating for the cause of Gaza.

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Josiah Walrus

Will always remember that this guy dug up something I wrote for my college newspaper at 19 and tweeted that it was evidence I supported the Iraq war. That something: a satirical essay arguing that the invasion had provided a much-needed boost to the funeral industry.

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L O L G O P

It’s a problem that we’ve been trying to explain away for more than 3 years, leading to a situation where the incumbent, having just confirmed everyone’s worst fears, is on track to lose to a lunatic fascist despite a strong economy and falling crime. I think we have to acknowledge that and move on.

There’s no putting the genie back. The debate (and actually, the Biden team response) flipped me from a Biden apologist to a Harris enthusiast. I don’t believe the polls showing 75% of the public thinks he’s too old — the first complaint I hear from any Normal Person — are wrong or can change.

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Charles Я. Davis

Either the Democrats will run Biden, or he'll say he can't continue the campaign and Democrats will run Harris. Either is newsworthy, but neither is nearly as radical as running a pro-insurrection convicted felon with legal immunity he's eager to use.

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Charles Я. Davis

Lots of bizarro world denialism on here about how concerning Biden's state and behavior were. "74 percent of voters view him as too old for the job, up five percentage points since the debate." www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/u... 74%! 59% among Democrats!

I'm obviously not here to defend the NYT, but this notion that no one in the US knows what to think until the New York Times tells them is just so Bluesky-pilled. I had friends and family who couldn't care less about the NYT texting me during & after the debate like "gah what's wrong with Biden??"

I'm arguing against despair and accepting right-wing propaganda depicting themselves as tough guys. You, on the other hand, are pushing fatalistic whiny roll-over bullshit.

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Daniel Gilmore

Back in college, a group I was with in San Diego (there were about six of us) got in a Verbal Altercation with a group of about 30 skinheads who were yelling at a mixed-race couple. Scary, right? Well -- and I don't recommend this -- a guy I was with pulled a knife and said "let's go." They cowered.

The thing about Heritage and other MAGA goons is they're literally afraid to ride public transit and wet their pants a little anytime a car backfires. That's not to say they can't be scary, but let's keep in mind that they're also pathetic and there are only so many coked-up Proud Boys.

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Charles Я. Davis

Honestly still in shock that the most crooked American President in history said "I need immunity" and the GOP Supreme Court said "well, it's nowhere in the constitution, but sure, why not? Whats the worst that could happen?"

"anonymous sources are invented" -- my MAGA dad/people on here

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Charles Я. Davis

I started out thinking Biden had to stay in the race. Over the last week I've been persuaded the best path forward (there no *great* paths) for saving our democracy is for Biden to step down and for Kamala Harris to take over. This should be soon. Harris will carry forward the #BidenBoom.

To hell with the New York Times, but I don't think these concerns are manufactured. Progressive spaces like TNR and Zeteo expressed immediate concern about Biden after the debate. But so did Never-Trump allies. The move to seriously grapple with stepping down is broad and organic.

To me it is understandable but nonetheless "cope" to dismiss concerns as the product of a bad-faith media frenzy -- and not Biden confirming people's worst fears in a debate that his campaign had cast as a chance to reset the race, not to "just" lose a couple points in the wake of.

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Charles Я. Davis

when you vote for President you are voting for a coalition rather than a person. the right understands this very well, which is why evangelicals lined up behind Trump.

It seems grim right now so try to imagine a Heritage Foundation staffer sobbing on the phone with their mom because Trump just lost another election. Feels good. And it can still happen. It's July.

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CBS News poll - Trump now has a 3-point edge over Biden across the battleground states collectively, and a 2-point edge nationally. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-biden-poll-debate-democrats-turnout/

No, it's not hyperbole: According to constitutional law experts, "The court’s decision in Trump v. United States really does appear to immunize a hypothetical president who directed the military to commit murder." www.politico.com/news/2024/07...

The terrifying SEAL Team 6 scenario lurking in the Supreme Court’s immunity rulingwww.politico.com The Supreme Court's immunity ruling this week makes the hypothetical scenario raised during oral arguments — in which a president can't be prosecuted for murder — well, possible.

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Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

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Charles Я. Davis

The more you read yesterday’s immunity decision, the more appalling it gets. My take: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/o...

Opinion | The Supreme Court Creates a Lawless Presidencywww.nytimes.com It is increasingly clear that this court sees itself as something other than a participant in our democratic system.

This is what a second Trump presidency will look like: centrist quislings lining up to argue the loss of democratic rights is a small price to pay for a bipartisan corporate tax cut. www.bangordailynews.com/2024/07/02/o...

Donald Trump is going to win the election and democracy will be just finewww.bangordailynews.com “Democrats’ post-debate hand-wringing is based on the idea that a Trump victory is not just a political loss, but a unique threat to our democracy. I reject the premise.”

Already boot-licking and it's JULY 2.

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Charles Я. Davis

This is one of the most dystopian signs I've ever seen. Republicans are quickly turning this country into an unrecognizable freakshow.

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Daniel Gilmore

also 40% of his 2020 voters now saying he should drop out, up from 25% in May

A new poll from a Democratic firm shows Biden experiencing a two-point drop in battleground states, post-debate, with Harris now viewed more favorably. puck.news/biden-plunge...

Biden Plunges in Swing States in Leaked Post-Debate Pollpuck.news The president is losing critical support in key battlegrounds, according to leaked data, and putting previously noncompetitive states in play.

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Charles Я. Davis

Look, I'm willing to try anything at this point.